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Assessment of the Farmers’ Perception on Socio-economic Profile of Goat Rearing Farmers and Their Management Practices in Sylhet, Bangladesh

Md. Ariful Islam
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Sylhet Agricultural University, Sylhet, Bangladesh

Md. Nazmul Hossain
Department of Livestock Productions and Management, Sylhet Agricultural University, Sylhet, Bangladesh.

Sree Shawon Chokraborti
Department of Livestock Productions and Management, Sylhet Agricultural University, Sylhet, Bangladesh.

Sufianur Rahman
Department of Agricultural Economics and Policy, Sylhet Agricultural University, Bangladesh

Anika Tasnim
Faculty of Agricultural Economics and Business Studies, Sylhet Agricultural University, Sylhet, Bangladesh

Abdullah Al Zabir5*
Faculty of Agricultural Economics and Business Studies, Sylhet Agricultural University, Sylhet, Bangladesh

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

The study aimed to find out the socio-economic profile of goat rearing farmers and to investigate the ongoing goat management practices in Sylhet district. One hundred and fifty goat rearing farmers from three districts of Sylhet were randomly selected for the study. The study revealed that a large number of respondent goat rearing farmers were middle-aged (56.67%) having a primary level education (36.67%) with large family size (55.33%). Majority of the farmers (59.33%) were labour, and most of them (81.33%) were married. Two third of the farmers were in the landless group having maximum 0.02- acre land and normally started their goat-rearing business by taking a loan from NGOs (48%) or invested their own money (49.33%). Half of the goat houses were made of tin, and most of them were without Macha (a platform little above the floor). About onethird of the farmers (36%) followed the free-range system by only grazing their goat natural fodder (72.00%) and provided wheat bran (59.33%) as a concentrate feed. Most importantly, they never supplied water to the goat house. Black Bengal goat is the most preferred breed in the area. Majority of the farmers (66%) have partial knowledge about diseases, and among them, only 18.67% farmers followed regular vaccination schedule. One-third of the farmers used anthelmintic regularly. Village veterinary doctors were the main source of technical support. Moreover, 87.33% farmers buried the dead body of goat and threw (56.67%) the goat placenta to the outside. In case of a breeding system, 96.67% farmers used natural breeding and 69.33 hired bucks for breeding purpose

Keywords: Goat farming; Farm management; Socio-economics; Sylhet.

Location: Kamalganj and Sreemangal upazila from Sreemangal; Bybiana upazila from Habiganj and Shaporan, South Surma upazila from Sylhet district which are in the eastern part of Bangladesh.

Start Date: 00-10-2017

End Date: 00-12-2017

Program Area: Socio-economic and Policy

Commodity: Goat, Perception

Objectives:

Very little data are currently available about the present condition of the farmers as well as their management practices. So, the objectives of the study are to explore the socioeconomic conditions, identify critical constraints of goat enterprise and find out the opportunity that can impact in increasing the production efficiency of goat farmers.

Methodology:

2.1 Study Area The study was done in Kamalganj and Sreemangal upazila from Sreemangal; Bybiana upazila from Habiganj and Shaporan, South Surma upazila from Sylhet district which are in the eastern part of Bangladesh. Sylhet division is located in between 23°58' and 25°12' north latitudes and in between 90°56' and 92°30' east longitudes. The study area was selected based on the intensity of goat farmers in the division.

2.2 Survey Design The study was conducted to find the information with the help of a pre-designed structured questionnaire. A total of 150 households were interviewed by using a simple random sampling technique. Detailed information about the goat farmers was taken from Upazila agriculture office. From each Upazila 3 villages were selected, and from each village, about 10-20 households were interviewed who were engaged in goat rearing.

2.3 Data Collection For data collection, a well-structured questionnaire was prepared. Information was collected by personal interviews from respondents. Prior to collection, the objective of the study was clearly explained to the respondents. Information was taken regarding the farmers’ sex, age, education, farm size, social status, management cost, land, and household size as well as some data associated with goat rearing such as breed, the source of fund, feeding and nutrition, the source of feed, deworming veterinary treatment, disease prevalence etc. Some information like shed conditions of goat were collected through visual observation of farm as well as shed. Some data were also collected from secondary sources like government documents, related literature, books, journals, newspaper, articles, theses and websites. The information were collected during October- December 2017.

2.4 Data Analysis Technique Primary data were collected through field survey, and secondary data were collected from journals, Google search engine, published articles etc. Both primary and secondary data was scrutinised, checked and carefully edited to get the appropriate and related information after collection. Collected data was classified, tabulated and analysed regarding the objectives set for the study to derive the relevant findings. The data was analysed and presented mostly in tabular form because it was simple to calculate, widely used and easy to understand. The tabular analysis was mainly based on some statistical measures like averages, percentages etc. with the help of MS-Excel-2010.

Source of Information: Journal of Agriculture and Ecology Research International 15(4): 1-10, 2018; Article no.JAERI.43818 ISSN: 2394-107

Article Link (Online Journal): DOI: 10.9734/JAERI/2018/43818

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Achievement/Findings:

It can be summarised from the present study that most of the farmers were middle-aged with medium family size and owner of little or no land. These farmers also needed to take a loan for starting their goat- rearing business though it’s not their main business. Moreover, due to lack of technical knowledge their housing management was not well established, also they still followed the traditional feeding system depending on natural forage and wheat bran as a concentrate feed. There were also misconceptions on disease prevention amongst the farmers, they were not using the vaccine and anthelmintic regularly and taking technical support from village doctor. Disposal of dead body and placenta were either buried in soil or thrown outdoors. In case of breeding, farmers use buck without any attention to inbreeding. So, goat farming would be more promising in the area if the issues regarding housing, feeding, and disease control as well as using improved breeding system could be solved. In the study area, a significant number of farmers are involved in goat farming and it seems a profitable business. Government and non-government agencies should give an extra care in this area to uplift the socio-economic conditions of the farmers by intervening in the aforesaid management tools for improvement. Considering this, they should arrange regular training programs and make them aware of the scientific feeding, breeding, management and disease control in goats.

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